Dendritic arbors structure memories

2025/04/17 by Ayelén I. Groisman, Johannes J. Letzkus · 1 voice
Engineering · Neuroscience · #Advanced Memory and Neural Computing #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Neural dynamics and brain function

paper · doi:10.1126/science.adx0640

openalex publication_date 2025/04/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Synapses on different dendritic domains store distinct types of information.

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